Theoretical and experimental studies of the instantaneous folding force of the polyurethane foam-filled square honeycombs

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-75

  Niknejad, Abbas ^a,b   Liaghat, G H ^c   Moslemi Naeini, H ^c   Behravesh, A H ^c  

^a YASOUJ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

B. Foams; B. Honeycombs; E. Mechanical

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISPLACEMENTS; AXIAL LOADING; B. FOAMS; B. HONEYCOMBS; DEFORMATION MODELS; DISSIPATED ENERGY; E. MECHANICAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXTERNAL FORCE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; THEORETICAL FORMULA; VOLUME RATIO;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; DEFORMATION; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 77956177809     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.06.033     Document Type: Article

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